Nine Oakland County Sheriff’s Office contracted positions are being created across five communities, which will create an additional $2 million in revenue over the next three years.

Seven deputies, one patrol investigator and one technical assistant will be assigned to substations in communities including Commerce Township, Highland Township, Orion Township, Oxford Township and Rochester Hills.

According to Undersheriff Mike McCabe, there is no cost to the county by adding these positions. Each community reimburses the county for the cost of the contracted positions.

In December 2016, the service contract rates for 2017-2018 were approved, which established rates for deputies, captains, lieutenants, patrol investigators and patrol sergeants. The rates include salary, fringe benefits, patrol cars, equipment and other operating costs.

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“The addition of these deputies brings each substation back to their 2008-2009 numbers,” said McCabe. “These positions were previously deleted through budget cuts. Each of these five communities now has enough revenue coming in to start restoring positions they previously had to eliminate.”

McCabe said Highland Township and Brandon Township are the only two substations that have not returned to their 2008-2009 deputy numbers.

Beginning in January, the sheriff’s office will have over 330 contracted deputies across the county. McCabe said the sheriff’s office serves around 360,000 county residents whose communties pay for contracted services.

In order to create those positions, amendments were made to each community’s 2017-2018 service contract with the sheriff’s office. Those amendments were approved by the county board of commissioners Thursday in Pontiac and will take effect Jan. 1, 2018.

The Fiscal Year 2018, 2019 and 2020 sheriff’s office general fund budgets will also be amended to account for the new revenue in relation to these new positions.